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Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 23:18Cheap, plentiful natural gas provides utilities with little incentive to build coal-fired plants with a technology that traps carbon gas for storage or other uses.
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Business Briefing | Company News: Chesapeake Energy to Cut Directors’ Pay
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 22:04The natural gas and oil producer Chesapeake Energy said that it would cut the pay of outside directors on its board by 20 percent and eliminate their use of company aircraft.
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Green Blog: In the Gulf's Depths, a Rare Time Capsule
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 19:36Using a remotely operated vehicle on the ocean floor, federal scientists happened upon the wreckage of a ship evoking a time when nations vied for power in the Americas.
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Green Blog: Swapping Out Charcoal With Ethanol
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 19:36A company opened a biofuel plant to supply ethanol to households in the Mozambican capital that rely on charcoal for cooking fuel.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Tackling the Tsunami Debris
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 19:36An agency official said that the federal government lacked the financing to cover a cleanup of the tsunami debris washing up in Alaska and other states.
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Dot Earth Blog: A 'Fracked' Photograph
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:47A photographer slices open a stone and finds an image reflecting our gas thirst.
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Green Blog: Billboard Wars, Chapter 2 (or Is It 3?)
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:02The media company that accepted the conservative Heartland Institute's controversial ad about climate change rejected one rival billboard but accepted another.
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U.S. Slaps Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:20The United States Commerce Department concluded that Chinese producers had “dumped” their products on the American market.
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Iran Oil Production Drop Seen
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 10:00A 12 percent decline in the first three months of the year is at odds with Iran’s assessment that there has been no significant change in output over the past year.
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Brazil’s President Faces Defining Decision Over Forest Bill
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 07:02The bill awaiting action by President Dilma Rousseff would effectively give amnesty to landowners who illegally deforested areas before 2008.
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The Texas Tribune: Legislation Proposed to Extend Texas Helium Sales Deadline
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 22:40Congress has proposed legislation to help avoid a worldwide helium shortage, and some 30 percent of the global supply comes from a plant northwest of Amarillo.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: A Nuclear Snapshot
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:45China has led the way in expanding nuclear generating capacity over the last decade.
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Green Blog: Q. and A.: How to Save Bangladesh?
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:06Bangladesh, buffeted by climate change and flooding, is a prime example of a country whose fate could be determined by what happens at a conference in Rio next month.
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Dot Earth Blog: The Gas Age, Circa 1986
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 08:46A look at the decades-old natural gas predictions of an energy analyst with extraordinary foresight.
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Green Blog: Clouds and Climate, Redux
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 04:58A new, accessible book may be useful to people taking their first dive into the role of clouds in climate.
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Green Column: Fight Over Auto Emissions Is Measured in Grams
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 23:41European Union members expect tough negotiations over the region's first mandatory targets for auto emissions.
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Shift by U.S. Muddles Solar Imports Case
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 23:40A decision in an anti-dumping case is expected Thursday and will focus on whether China's solar panel companies have been building market share by selling their products below cost.
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Green Blog: Paul Weston, Founder of Sea Shepherd, Is Arrested in Germany
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 13:39Paul Watson is being held in a German jail as Costa Rica seeks his extradition on a navigational violation.
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Green Blog: Hatched and Wild Salmon: A Bad Mix?
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:08A compilation of research suggests that hatched salmon could threaten the long-term survival of wild salmon unless precautions are taken.
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Green Blog: Filling In the Blanks on a Map of Life
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 09:27Drawing on data from a wealth of institutions, researchers set out to map species around the globe.
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